Washing-machine



(Model.) .I v J. H. CARRIGBR.

` WASHING MACHINE. No. 20,6%?g Patent-ed Feb. 4, 1890;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HARVEY OARRIGER, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,637, dated February4, 1890. Application iiled May 28, 1887. Serial No. 239,156- (Model.)

Be it known that I, JOHN HARVEY CARR-I- GER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and conoisedescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine for cleansingfabrics and particularly suitable for Washing clothing; and it consistsin the matters hereinafter described and pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings,` Figure l is a vertical section on line 0cx of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a like section on line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the body of a partition,.the end bars being represented asdetached, an edge View of one and side view of another being given. Fig.4 is a side View of a lockingbar. Fig. 5 is an end elevation, and Fig. 6is a side elevation, of the cage. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a section ofthe cage, showing the spring in engagement with the looking-bar.

The machine belongs to that class in which a cage or receptacle toreceive the article to be washed is suspended or supported in atub orWashing-vessel and moved or agitated therein and in detergent liquidemployed to cleanse the same.

C indicates a cage made movable vertically in a tub or receptacle d. Forthis purpose side posts or guides of the frame b are fitted to slide inWays a, formed interiorly on the sides of the tub. Upon the tub iserected a frame f, which is made to support in suitable journals a shafth, having a crank-arm, as at 'L'. This shaft has rigidly secured upon ita pinion g, which gears with awheel Gr, suitablyjournaled on posts orbrackets, and provided with any usual means-such as a crank-arm j-forrotating the same. A pitman L is connected to the crank t' by means of ahook and pin or in any usual Way. Its opposite end has a hingedconnection with a cross-bar of the frame b, being inserted between twoarms of the bracket or clip s, fastened to said cross-bar and securedthereon by similar arms and pin, as indicated. The turning of thegear-Wheel Gwill through the medium of the pinion g, crank t', andpitman L move the cage up and down in the tub o1' receptacle, With theefn feet of thoroughly cleansing its contents by means of suit-abledetergents placed in said receptacle.

The cage consists of a frame provided with grated sides and bottom,which frame may be either angular or circular in cross-section. Withinthis frame and separating it into compartments are arranged horizontalgrates or partitions Q. Transversely to the cross-bars of thesepartitions, which are preferablymade round, as shown, are interwoven andsecured cords u u, to aid in retaining small articles in thecompartments. The partitions are removably supported and held in t-hecage by the removable horizontal bars P and verti cally-arrangedlocking-bar 0. These bars P have in each end a slot or notchvo, fittingthe horizontal side bars of the cage, as shown in Fig. 2. They aremortised to receive correspondingly-projecting ends of the side bars Qof the partitions, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3..

A bar P is placed at any desired altitude, and its slotted ends made toengage with opposite bars of the cage at one end thereof, as shown at o,Fig. 2. The tenons tat one end of the side bars Q of t-he partition arethen entered in the slots of this bar, whereupon a similar bar is inlike manner applied to the other end and'the Whole locked in position.

The locking device indicated at o is a bar slotted or notched at eachend in manner similar to bars P. One slot is made to engage a bottomcross-bar of the cage, as shown in Fig. 2, and the other to receive aretaining-spring n. In this figure the view is from right to left ofthat in Fig. l, the movable end of the retaining-spring n being shown inend view in the notch in bar o, and also aside View (in same figure) ofthe main body of the spring on the frame of cage C. An opposite view ofthe body of the spring appears in Fig. 5.

It will be understood that the tension of the spring must be overcome,and it must be lifted vertically out of the slot or notch in thelocking-bar to release the same. This bar o, held by the spring, retainsthe horizontal bars and partition in engagement. By lifting the free endof spring n from engagement with the bar the latter can be removed andalso a bar or bars P and the partitions. Spring n may be of any usual orconvenient form. It has one end fixed to the frame and the otherarranged to bear on the slotted bar o when the latter is in position, asindicated in Fie. 2.

K indicates a lug or hook formed or secured on the pitman to receive thesuitably-shaped end of a lever R, ulcrumed in the frame, as indicated.The pitman can be disconnected from the crank fi, and lever R can thenbe used to raise the cage and its heavy contents out of the liquidcontents of receptacle C to al low the contents of the cage to bedrained, manipulated, or removed. This lever also furnishes aconvenientv means for rinsingl the clothes Without reconnecting with thecrank, and it can be employed, it desired, for 'ashing, especially lightarticles.

The open-grated cage divided into compartments by the horizontal gratedpartitions, which latter prevent the packing'together of the entirecontents of the cage, facilitates the free passage of water through andaround said contents, as will be readily understood, and also promotesrapid drainage and speedy rinsing in fresh Water to be suitablysupplied. In Fig. is shown one of these partitions l1aving side bars Q,provided at each end with tenons t. Cords interwoven with cross-bars areindicated by a a. The end bars P P are indicated in this figure asdetached, an edge View ot one being shown at the left and a plan view ofanother at the right.

In Fig. a is shown a locking-bar o, that bears when in use against oneor more bars IJ to retain them in place on the ends of bars Q Q, asindicated.

A cage and frame are indicated in Fig. 5,

and are shown in side elevation, the view looking toward the side of thelocking-bar 0 opposite that represented in Fig. 2.

The improvement is notlimited to the number of horizontal partitions,nor to particular proportionsof parts, norprecise form of spring.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is as follows;

l. The combination, with the tub and the uprighti'rame,of the cagesliding in Ways in the tub, and the pitinan provided With a hookintermediate its ends and with suitable means at its upper ends forconnecting it to a crankshaft, whereby the pitman may be connected toeither a crank-shaft or to a lever for actuating the cage, allsubstantially as shown and described.

i. In a vvashing-machine, and in combina tion with a main receptacle ortub, a cage provided with removable grated partitions dividing said cageinto horizontal compartments, removable slotted bars adapted to engageopposite bars of the cage and mortised to receive suitable tenons on thepartitions, and a locking device to hold the removable partitions inplace7 substantially as described.

The combination of the tub, the grated cage having adjustable andremovable grated partitions, the pitlnan provided with a stud or hook,and the lever engaging said hook, substantially as described.

JOHN HARVEY CARRIGER.

Attest:

W. R. MURPHY, J. S'rElIaLING Cani-nenn.

